S 0740 General Bill, By Bauer

Similar(H 3481)
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-236, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM
 LAKE MURRAY, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT THE SIZE LIMIT ON STRIPED BASS
 TAKEN FROM LAKE MURRAY IS NOT IN EFFECT DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AND
 AUGUST.

   06/06/01  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   06/06/01  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-5
   02/27/02  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish,
                     Game and Forestry SJ-10
   03/12/02  Senate Amended SJ-20
   03/12/02  Senate Read second time SJ-20
   03/12/02  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-20
   03/13/02  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-9
   03/14/02  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-6
   03/14/02  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-6

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 12, 2002

    S. 740

S. Printed 3/12/02--S.    [SEC 3/13/02 2:59 PM]

Read the first time June 6, 2001.

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-236, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM LAKE MURRAY, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT THE SIZE LIMIT ON STRIPED BASS TAKEN FROM LAKE MURRAY IS NOT IN EFFECT DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.

    Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.    Section 50-13-236 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 401 of 2000, is further amended to read:

    "Section 50-13-236.    (A)    The department may establish the daily creel limits and size limits on Lake Murray and on all waters of the Saluda River lying between the Lake Greenwood Dam (Buzzard's Roost Dam) and Lake Murray for striped bass (rockfish) and black bass by regulations promulgated and adopted in accordance with Article 1, Chapter 23 of Title 1. No creel or size limits may be set by emergency regulations. A person taking striped bass or black bass exceeding the limits set by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 50-13-285.

    (B)    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the size limit on striped bass (rockfish) taken from Lake Murray is not in effect during the months of June, July, and August it is not unlawful for a person to take and have in his possession no more than two undersized striped bass taken from Lake Murray."

SECTION 2.    Section 50-13-235 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 402 of 1996, is further amended to read:

    "Section 50-13-235.    (A)    It is unlawful to take or possess striped bass, rockfish, less than twenty-one inches in the following rivers, reservoirs, and their tributaries: Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Congaree River, the Wateree River northward to the Lake Wateree Dam, the Lower Saluda River northward to the Lake Murray Dam, the Broad River from its confluence with the Lower Saluda River northward to the Columbia Dam, the Santee River southward to the Intercoastal Waterway, the Tailrace Canal from the Pinopolis Dam to the Cooper River, the Cooper River, including the east and west branches of the Cooper River downstream to the U.S. Highway 17 bridge, and in the Wando River.

    (B)    Notwithstanding subsection (A) or another provision of law, it is not unlawful for a person to take or have in his possession no more than two striped bass taken from Lake Marion or Lake Moultrie that are less than twenty-one inches in length."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.